WorksheetsWord formation processes
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
It refers to how words are created in a language.
Morphology
Syntax
Semantics
Pragmatics
What is the minimal unit of a word that carries meaning.
grapheme
morpheme
phoneme
word
Which morphemes can stand by themselves as single words
free morphemes
bound morphemes
safe morphemes
independent morphemes
Nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs that carry their meaning in the word itself. These are called...
free words
lexical words
functional words
parts of speech
The words that show meaning and role relationships are known as...
lexical words
bound words
functional words
inserts
The process that changes the word class and/or meaning of a word
(a)
What process(es) have been used in the formation of the word: Strengthens
Derivation
inflection
Derivation and inflection
compounding
How many morphemes of the word "conventional"?
1
2
3
4
"-able, -ous, -less" are
prefixes
suffixes
stems
What process(es) have been used in the formation of the word: monstrous
Derivation and inflection
Derivation
Inflection
compounding
Which process has been used in the formation of the word horseman
inflection
Derivation
compounding
inflection and compounding
Change the word happy into a noun using the process of derivation.
(a)
Change the word wash using the process of inflection.
Inflection changes the meaning of the word.
FALSE
TRUE
Which of the following is an example of derivational prefix?
hood
multi
ed
less
The process that signal roles and meanings that are important without changing the word class
(a)
What process(es) have been used in the formation of the word: footballers
Derivation
Inflection and derivation
Compounding and inflection
Derivation, inflection and compounding
What process(es) have been used in the formation of the word: unhappier
Derivation and inflection
Derivation
Inflection
Compounding and inflection
Homosexual is a compound word
TRUE
FALSE
Compound words are always written as a single word.
TRUE
FALSE
Compound words are generally stressed on the first element.
TRUE
FALSE
Which process(es) have been used in the formation of the word: downloading
(a)
